The 2015 edition of is on each eye and mind! You were really numerous to candidate for the 2015 Rallye des Gazelle’s edition under Women@Renault values this year and we thank you so much! Drive through Morocco’s desert, get your hands dirty, going on an adventure away from your landmarks and we are proud to [...]

On Tuesday 8th April 2014 was held the Gazelles’ Homecoming ceremony at the Technocenter in Guyancourt. “The Hive” well bears its name, whereas a unusual animation liven the building’s huge courtyard up at the lunch time. Four of the six Women@Renault crews were present for sharing their experience since the Columbian and Morrocan had returned in [...]

Their adventure started 5 months ago in a Parisian wood; it was bearly C°2! It ended just a few days ago in Essaouira by C°20 in the shade. In the meantime the Women@Renault passed tough selection trials. They educated themselves, trained and finally set off toward Morocco without really knowing where they were about to [...]

After a long driving day on Friday, 28th March, Gazelles arrived by night at Essaouira, the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles’ final destination. This port city located on the Atlantic coast has important Spanish influences. Its medina is classed a UNESCO World Heritage Site and its name means “the well-defended” in Arabic. A strange weather takes [...]

Ideal mileage 120 kms – estimate time 9 hours Wednesday the sand is back. It crosses the bivouac and fills the tents… Ski masks are required until the next morning. For the desert it’s probably a way to say goodbye! Raphaëlle Gomez and Isabelle Behar (#319) spent the night in these special conditions. Grounded too [...]

Ideal mileage 300 kms – estimate time 20 hours The second Marathon is always a decisive stage. Moreover this year it is the last but one stage and its outcome should be crucial to the ranking. Tuesday morning, start is given at 7 AM instead of 6 AM, that is one more hour sleeping for [...]

Ideal mileage 300 kms – estimate time 20 hours Breaking news: During the first day of the stage 5 most of the difficulties showed up on the fourth checkpoint: crews sometimes went the wrong direction and had a slower progression. The Women@Renault faced up a hostile terrain. Only the crew #318, Emilie Baubeste and Delphine [...]

The Marathon from the inside The Marathon stage is a crucial stage of the Rallye. For two days Gazelles are autonomous. Usually that kind of trial enhances the strenght and weaknesses of the crews. Despite the troubles they went through and the bad luck they faced so far the Women@Renault are about to set off [...]

Yesterday at daybreak, Gazelles took the start of the fourth stage but also, and above all the first Marathon stage of this Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles! For our Women@Renault, it’s the beginning of a long crossing through the mountains, the dunes and the camel grass. The crossing will be all the more long that this [...]

Before talking about the stage 3, let’s come back on some crews’ stage 2 outcomes. Christel Le Berre, Sophie Chevalier-Viollet (# 315) and Afaf Semlali and Zineb Maoudoud (# 317) prefered to spend the night out of the bivouac. Fortunately they were not alone and the atmosphere of the improvised camp was warm, even festive. [...]

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